|
Location |
Date |
Magnitude |
Damage |
Details |
|
Gayndah, Queensland |
28/08/1883 |
5.9 |
Caused major damage in the Gayndah region. |
|
|
Tasman Sea, Tasmania and Victoria |
13/07/1884 |
6.4 |
Offshore quake |
Felt in Tasmania and in eastern Victoria |
|
Tasman Sea, Tasmania and Victoria |
12/05/1885 |
6.8 |
Offshore quake |
Felt in Tasmania and in eastern Victoria |
|
Yass, New South Wales/ACT |
November 1886 |
5.5 (est) |
Damage caused in Yass, felt strongly in
Queanbeyan. |
|
|
Tasman Sea, Tasmania and Victoria |
26/01/1892 |
6.9 |
|
Offshore earthquake, felt in Launceston.
This was the strongest quake in a sequence
of hundreds in the Tasman Sea between 1883
and 1892 |
|
Beachport - Robe, South Australia |
10/05/1897 |
6.5 |
Several serious and numerous minor injuries.
Severe damage to homes, buildings, power
lines, and railways. |
The epicentre was offshore from Beachport
and Robe. Most of the buildings in Beachport
and Robe were destroyed. Kingston and Mount
Gambier experienced severe damage to many
buildings. In Adelaide, widespread panic
lead to several minor injuries in crowded
areas, and structural damage was caused to
many buildings, including Parliament House. |
|
Warooka, South Australia |
19/09/1902 |
6 |
2 deaths by heart-attack have been
attributed to this earthquake. |
Significant damage to the township of
Warooka. |
|
Warrnambool, Victoria |
14/07/1903 |
5.3 |
Extensive minor damage in Warrnambool |
|
|
Indian Ocean, Western Australia |
19/11/1906 |
7.6 |
Bottles fell off shelves in Carnarvon,
500 kilometres (311 mi) away. |
Felt at Albany, Western Australia,
1,700 kilometres (1,056 mi) away. Strongest
earthquake recorded in an Australian
territory. |
|
Bundaberg - Rockhampton, Queensland |
7/06/1918 |
6 |
Caused "serious damage" to Rockhampton,
Bundaberg and Gladstone. |
Offshore earthquake. |
|
Boolaroo, New South Wales |
1/01/1925 |
5.5 |
|
|
|
Gunning, New South Wales |
1/11/1934 |
5.6 |
Damaged a majority of the buildings in
Gunning. |
The quake was felt strongly in Canberra. |
|
Gayndah, Queensland |
12/04/1935 |
5.4 |
Caused considerable damage to the town of
Gayndah. |
|
|
Meeberrie, Western Australia |
29/04/1941 |
7.2 |
Severe shaking, burst water tanks and
cracked ground at Meeberrie homestead. Minor
damage reported in Perth, 500 kilometres
(311 mi) away. |
Strongest onshore earthquake recorded in
Australia. |
|
Launceston, Tasmania |
15/09/1946 |
6.2 |
|
Offshore earthquake |
|
Dalton and Gunning, New South Wales |
10/03/1949 |
5.5 |
Significant damage in Dalton and Gunning,
minor cracks in some buildings in Canberra. |
This quake was felt from Sydney in the north
to Narooma and Cooma in the south. |
|
Adelaide, South Australia |
1/03/1954 |
5.5 |
Damage totaling $90 million. |
Widespread minor damage. Considerable damage
to many buildings. |
|
Robertson and Bowral, New South Wales |
21/05/1961 |
5.6 |
$4.1 million |
Damage was caused in Moss Vale, Bowral and
Robertson. |
|
Meckering, Western Australia |
14/10/1968 |
6.9 |
20 injuries, no deaths. 60 buildings
destroyed. Minor damage in Perth. Total
damage $5 million. |
In Perth, 130 kilometres (81 mi) away,
buildings were reported to have swayed for
up to 3 minutes following the quake, which
is the second strongest onshore earthquake
recorded in Australia. The quake was felt up
to 700 kilometres (435 mi) from the
epicentre. |
|
Canning Basin, Western Australia |
24/03/1970 |
6.4 |
Little damage due to the remoteness of the
area |
Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of
magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning
Basin area of northern Western Australia
between 1970 and 1982 |
|
Canning Basin, Western Australia |
16/07/1971 |
6.4 |
|
Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of
magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning
Basin area of northern Western Australia
between 1970 and 1982 |
|
Picton, New South Wales |
9/03/1973 |
5.6 |
Damage totaling $2.8 million. |
Minor damage in Picton, Bowral and
Wollongong. |
|
Canning Basin, Western Australia |
3/10/1975 |
6.4 |
|
Part of a sequence of c. 25 quakes of
magnitude 5.0 or greater in the Canning
Basin area of northern Western Australia
between 1970 and 1982 |
|
Cadoux, Western Australia |
2/06/1979 |
6.1 |
No injuries. 25 buildings in Cadoux were
damaged. Damage cost $3.8 million. |
Perth, 180 kilometres (112 mi) away
experienced some swaying of tall buildings
but no damage was reported. This was one of
the largest onshore earthquakes recorded in
Australia. |
|
Marryat Creek, Northern Territory |
30/03/1986 |
5.9 |
Damage was minor, cracked walls observed in
DeRose Hill and Victory Downs stations. |
Felt in Alice Springs 300 kilometres
(186 mi) to the north, and Coober Pedy
350 kilometres (217 mi) to the south. |
|
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory |
22/01/1988 |
6.3 - 6.7 |
Two buildings and 3 other structures
damaged, damage caused to natural gas
pipeline. Total damage $2.5 million. |
Three earthquakes of between 6.3 and 6.7 on
the Richter scale. Remarkably caused little
damage, despite the intensity of the quake.
Felt in high-rise buildings as far away as
Perth and Adelaide |
|
Uluru, Northern Territory |
28/05/1989 |
5.7 |
Minor damage was reported at Yulara resort |
|
|
Newcastle, New South Wales |
28/12/1989 |
5.6 |
13 fatalities, 160 people hospitalised,
300,000 people affected. 50,000 homes
damaged, 300 buildings demolished. Damage
estimated at $4 billion. |
To date the most destructive earthquake
recorded in Australia, damaging over 50,000
buildings and shutting down the Newcastle
CBD for two weeks. Effects of the earthquake
were felt over 200,000 square kilometres
(77,220 sq mi) up to 800 kilometres (497 mi)
away. |
|
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory |
30/09/1992 |
5.1 |
No damage reported |
Felt in Nhulunbuy, Maningrida and
Milingimbi, the crew of HMAS Moresby,
anchored in Maningrida at the time, felt the
quake strongly |
|
Banda Sea |
4/01/1994 |
6.8 |
No injuries, 20 buildings damaged, minor
damage to old homes, all in Darwin. |
Offshore earthquake in the Banda Sea, north
of Darwin. |
|
Ellalong, New South Wales |
6/08/1994 |
5.4 |
5 people injured 1,000 homes and 50 other
buildings damaged, Total damage $36 million. |
Some buildings badly damaged. |
|
Southern Ocean |
16/05/1995 |
5.2 |
None |
Offshore |
|
Mount Baw Baw, Victoria |
25/09/1996 |
5 |
No major damage |
|
|
Burra, South Australia |
5/03/1997 |
5 |
No major damage |
Felt over a wide area. |
|
Collier Bay, Western Australia |
10/08/1997 |
6.3 |
No major damage |
Felt from Broome to Halls Creek and
Kununurra. Strongest earthquake recorded in
Australia since the 1988 Tennant Creek
earthquake. |
|
Southern Ocean, southwest of Tasmania |
16/12/1999 |
5.8 |
Offshore |
1,000 kilometres (621 mi) southwest of
Hobart |
|
Cocos Islands |
18/06/2000 |
7.5 |
Offshore, felt on Cocos Islands but no
damage was reported |
180 kilometres (112 mi) southeast of Cocos
Islands |
|
Indian Ocean, Northwest of Western Australia |
11/10/2000 |
5.5 |
Offshore |
This quake occurred approximately
230 kilometres (143 mi) northwest of Exmouth |
|
Southern Ocean, south of Western Australia |
25/12/2000 |
5.7 |
Offshore |
This quake occurred approximately
860 kilometres (534 mi) south of Albany |
|
Burakin, Western Australia |
28/09/2001 |
5.1 |
No damage reported |
This quake occurred 20 kilometres (12 mi)
from Burakin, approximately 190 kilometres
(118 mi) northeast of Perth |
|
Southern Ocean south of Western Australia |
12/12/2001 |
7 |
Offshore, felt in Albany and Esperance |
1,020 kilometres (634 mi) south of Esperance |
|
Southern Ocean, North of Macquarie Island |
23/12/2004 |
8.1 |
Offshore, felt in Tasmania and New Zealand |
500 kilometres (311 mi) north of Macquarie
Island, 1,300 kilometres (808 mi) south of
Hobart |
|
Banda Sea |
3/03/2005 |
7.1 |
Felt in Darwin. |
Offshore earthquake in the Banda Sea, north
of Darwin. |
|
Strahan, Tasmania |
14/12/2006 |
5 |
Offshore |
|
|
Banda Sea |
23/01/2009 |
6.2 |
Felt in Darwin. |
Offshore earthquake in the Banda Sea, north
of Darwin. |
